TV On The Radio performed a dub version of HBO’s epic Game Of Thrones theme song during a recent show in Brisbane, Australia. Tunde Adebimpe shouted out characters’ names during the encore performance before transitioning into their song “Ride” off of last year’s Seeds. This fan-made footage was shot by Tyler Shilling; watch below. More »

There are plenty of unconventional routes to rap or R&B stardom, but up until now, “playing a castrated super-soldier on a fantasy TV show” has not been one of them. But perhaps Raleigh Ritchie will break that glass ceiling. Ritchie is a singer and rapper from Bristol, and he plays Grey Worm, leader of Daenery… More »

For the most part, Game Of Thrones has done a remarkable job maintaining the consistency of its fictional universe, avoiding things like cameos from real-life celebrities, the sort of things that can rip you right out of the story. There are exceptions, though. During the moments before the show’s bigger events, it’ll sometimes work i… More »

The members of Coldplay are human beings alive in 2015, so like the rest of us, they’re all big Game Of Thrones fans; drummer Will Champions even played one of the musicians during the show’s Red Wedding season. And as part of the fundraising comedy marathon Red Nose Day, they’ve been working on a musical… More »

Game Of Thrones isn’t what anyone would really call a funny show. (Especially after last week’s ending. Yee.) But it does have funny moments, and most of those moments come from Peter Dinklage’s portrayal of Tyrion Lannister. And now Dinklage will get to do some A-list self-deprecation. As part of the money-raising comedy marathon Red… More »

The next season of Game Of Thrones will be upon us in a little over a week’s time, but it’s admittedly kind of hard to keep track of everything that happened last year. Thankfully, the Roots have us covered. Following an audience suggestion on Jimmy Fallon, Tariq Trotter (aka Black Thought) launched into a rundow… More »

Last year, someone at HBO had the frankly absurd idea to put together Catch The Throne, a mixtape compilation built around Game Of Thrones. This year, they’ve made another one, and they’ve gone ahead and made it even weirder. Suffice to say: You will probably not hear Mushroomhead and Talib Kweli on a compilation agai… More »

It didn’t make any sense last year when HBO released a mixtape of rappers referencing Game Of Thrones, and it doesn’t make any more sense this year. But it’s happening again anyway! And the forthcoming Catch The Throne Vol. 2 won’t just feature rappers and R&B singers like Ty Dolla $ign, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg,… More »

January is a tricky month for this column. Of course, it’s when all the bad movies come out. A bunch of great TV shows returned last month, but a lot of them — Parks And Recreation, Archer, Justified — haven’t historically made use of a ton of pop songs. And then you’ve got Girls, perennially… More »

It was just over two years ago that Glasgow trio Chvrches first tapped their synth keys into our hearts with their dark, romantic pop. Aside from their Recover EP and full-length debut The Bones Of What You Believe, the band has given us a lot of listening material, covering songs by many other artists at… More »

There are few things that would convince me it’s a good idea to go to Times Square on a Friday night. Let alone the Friday preceding what is, for some people, a long weekend; the area seemed extra clogged with drunken tourists this past Friday. And, hey, that’s good for them, it’s just not where… More »

We were kind of close when we speculated last week that Weird Al would perform at an awards show. We thought it would be the VMAs because, you know, music, but it turns out that he was preparing for a surprise appearance at tonight’s Emmy Awards. He performed in a segment where he made u… More »

If you follow Grimes on Twitter, you’d know that she’s a borderline obsessive fan of Game Of Thrones. For a while, her Twitter name was Grimes Of Tarth, a reference to a character named Brienne. This weekend, all her dreams came true at Comic-Con when she got to shake hands with author George R. R. More »

When we’re watching Game Of Thrones and Hodor, the gentle dimbulb giant who can only say his own name, comes onscreen, we all obviously think the same thing: I want to watch that guy spin house music. In reality, Kristian Nairn, the towering Northern Irish actor who plays Hodor, is also a fixture on Belfast’… More »

Lily Allen’s younger brother plays Theon Greyjoy, the sniveling and scheming and now deeply traumatized onetime heir to the Iron Islands, on Game Of Thrones. On the show, there was a scene two seasons ago where Greyjoy relentlessly hit on his younger sister, the warrior princess Yara, before realizing who she was. (There also appeared… More »

Chances are you’ve read some TV writer or another analyzing just how different this time of year is than it used to be. April used to be when everything was winding down, and now you have heavy-hitters returning and newcomers popping up alongside each other, accompanied by previews for what’s yet to come in the… More »

Last night’s episode of Game Of Thrones ended with Sigur Rós’s version of “The Rains Of Castamere,” a song that tends to play on the show when some serious shit is either about to go down or just did go down. If you ever find yourself in Westeros and the opening strains of “The Rai… More »

Tonight’s Game Of Thrones is a must-watch, not only because of some huge events that take place but also because Sigur Rós will be scoring some of said events. Their version of traditional Westeros folk song “The Rains Of Castamere” (which was previously… More »

This column has started to take me to unforeseen territory: like a luxury theater in Naples, FL, the odd-man out amongst elderly retirees and pre-teen spring breakers killing a rainy afternoon at a showing of Divergent. The reason I wound up at Divergent is that it’s yet another YA franchise that has gone about curating… More »

If we were the sort of website that posted more than just music, we would be absolutely all over every single trailer for the forthcoming Game Of Thrones season. As it is, we now have a reason to post about the show. The new trailer for the show’s fourth season features a new song: British… More »

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Last night, U2 played the seventh night of an eight-night stand at Madison Square Garden. (Our own young classic rocker Ryan Leas reviewed one of those shows earlier in the week.) And at last night’s show, the band introduced a few special local guests. There was New York royalty Paul Simon, who came out to… More »

After reportedly showing up half an hour late, rapper Travi$ Scott got his Lollapalooza set shut down after only 5 minutes by encouraging fans to jump the security barrier and rush the stage. Festival organizers deemed the resulting chaos to be unsafe and shut the whole thing down, with security forcibly removing Scott from the… More »

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Drake has already released not one but two diss tracks in response to Meek Mill’s ghostwriting allegations. After Funkmaster Flex promised a Meek response track Monday night on Hot 97 and failed to deliver, people were pissed, and everyone began to wonder if this mega-beef were already over. But no — the soap opera continues! More »